#6C2199#6C2199

#6C2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.184 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C2199
RGB	rgb(108, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 52.30, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 72.68, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1153 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.184 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4768, 6.5760, 30.7428)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C2199 #4E9921

analogous

#302199 #6C2199 #99218A

triadic

#6C2199 #996C21 #21996C

tetradic

#6C2199 #993021 #4E9921 #218A99

square

#6C2199 #993021 #4E9921 #218A99

split-complementary

#6C2199 #8A9921 #219930

monochromatic

#250B34 #481667 #6C2199 #902CCB #AA59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#6C2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#6C2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C2199

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C2199	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#653F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.184 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b65b8',
    500: '#6c2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c2199;
$custom-light: #9b65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.18398,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C2199

secondary

#7EBF56

accent

#E8407F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0F0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C2199

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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